Several people working as car washers and newspaper hawkers in posh residential societies here have been forced to leave their jobs due to extortion by local goons, claimed residents Sunday.
Around 20 representatives of various residents welfare associations (RWAs) here raised the issue with a Haryana minister and police in the last few weeks, they claimed.
Residents also approached local Member of Parliament and Union Minister Rao Inderjeet Singh.
The representatives alleged that the strongmen from nearby villages are forcing the car washers and newspaper hawkers to pay a part of their income to them.
Gurgaon Police PRO Subhash Bokan said, "The matter has come before the department and we have enhanced police patrolling in the region."
Another resident of the area, Biswajeet Mohanty, claimed, "As the matter is related to security, we have given a written complaint at the Bajghera police station but the official concerned expressed helplessness in registering an FIR in this matter."
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